British Comedy: One Foot in the Grave

Years: 1990-2000
Broadcaster: BBC
Genre: Sitcom
Written by: David Renwick
Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie
Episodes: 42
Episode Average: 8.429*

BEST EPISODES:
The Trial (1993), Things Aren't Simple Any More (2000)

*including specials

SERIES ONE

(1990)
6 episodes
Series Score: 48
Episode Average: 8.0
Perfect 10's: 1

S1E1

ALIVE AND BURIED

Originally broadcast: 4 January 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor struggles to deal with retirement after being replaced by a box at his job of 26 years.

"I'm thinking of compiling a special reference guide,
'The Observer's Book of Crap in Your Front Lawn'."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 7

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S1E2

THE BIG SLEEP

Originally broadcast: 11 January 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

After learning that his cousin has died at 60 having recently retired, Victor starts worrying about his own health.

"No, you haven't guessed, hard luck. I'm afraid I'll have to tell you,Victor Meldrew is in fact suffering from Spode Syndrome. A fatal disease that normally only attacks potatoes."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 7

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S1E3

THE VALLEY OF FEAR

Originally broadcast: 18 January 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor arms himself after being mugged, there's a cat in the freezer, banging in the central heating, and an old woman trapped in the attic.

"God knows why, I know what they'll say to me, 'we'll get someone to look into it','excuse me, a masked gunman has just shot me sixteen times up the bottom','right sir, we'll get someone to look into it'."

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

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S1E4

I'LL RETIRE TO BEDLAM

Originally broadcast: 25 January 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor gets a little too close to a swarm of bees, two rampaging 5-year-olds, and a razor-wielding madman.

"That was a close shave, wasn't it!"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S1E5

THE ETERNAL QUADRANGLE

Originally broadcast: 1 February 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Margaret is upset when Victor gives a nude model from his art class a lift home, and then agrees to do some jobs for her, made even worse when she finds an empty packet in his jacket pocket.

"What do I mean? I mean he's creosoting a rhinoceros, what do you think I mean by the phrase,'he's gone to bed'? He's gone to bed, he's lying up there in our bed, fast asleep."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S1E6

THE RETURN OF THE SPECKLED BAND

Originally broadcast: 8 February 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor and Margaret are planning a holiday, Mrs. Warboys isn't very well, and a meter reader is disappointed at the range of shoes on offer.

"Do you know there's a headless teddy bear in there on an exercise bike?"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

SERIES TWO

(1990)
6 episodes
Series Score: 51*
Episode Average: 8.5
Perfect 10's: 1
*not including the Christmas specials

S2E1

IN LUTON AIRPORT: NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM

Originally broadcast: 4 October 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

The Meldrews return from their Greek holiday to find their house demolished. When they finally move into their new home, Victor inadvertently sends his guests to the wrong house for the house-warming party.

"Well... the man had just stopped him how they do, and said 'how are we today sir?', to which Victor replied, 'I'm fine apart from the crack in my bottom', you know how he suffers with that crack, so that was it, he was in there two and a half hour while they looked for it."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S2E2

WE HAVE PUT HER LIVING IN THE TOMB

Originally broadcast: 11 October 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

The Meldrews are looking after a tortoise, but when disaster strikes, they each decide to deal with it in different ways.

"I don't believe it... you lazy bastards, couldn't you have
even moved her out of the way first."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S2E3

DRAMATIC FEVER

Originally broadcast: 18 October 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor's trying to write a sitcom script, while Margaret is tries her hand at amateur dramatics.

"I'm really glad we arrived back to find this half-eaten double whopper with cheese lying in my front rose-bed. Some people put manure in theirs, but I'll have none of it.A double whopper with cheese is the thing. Harry Wheatcroft swears by them."

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 8

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S2E4

WHO WILL BUY?

Originally broadcast: 25 October 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Margaret meets an old blind man when she calls at the wrong flat when delivering flowers, and Victor takes his ventriloquist act to the stage.

"I won't if you don't mind, once I start snapping necks, I find it very hard to stop!"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S2E5

LOVE AND DEATH

Originally broadcast: 8 November 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

The Meldrews go to stay at a boarding house run by old friends, but a series of unfortunate incidents leaves Margaret thinking that Victor has been unfaithful, and worse still... that she has been unfaithful.

"Well I can't lie like this forever, can I? Like a bedridden dalek!"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

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S2E6

TIMELESS TIME

Originally broadcast: 15 November 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor can't sleep, which means Margaret can't sleep either, and the car alarm keeps going off.

"I dreamed this really strange dream, they'd emptied all the water out of Loch Ness to see if there was any monsters, and when the lake was completely empty, there lying in the mud was this giant sixty-foot long teaspoon."

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 9

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CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL

(1990)

SPECIALS

WHO'S LISTENING?

Originally broadcast: 27 December 1990
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

The house if full of gnomes, the bottle is full of carbonated cats urine, and the vicar's lost his faith.

"Never mind 'must have put it in the wrong column', it only needs a bit of common sense, what could I possibly want with 263 bloody garden gnomes in the first place?"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

Belongs in the next section, but here for neatness

SPECIAL

THE MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT

Originally broadcast: 30 December 1991
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor buys some cheap manure, Patrick keeps leaving notes around the place for Victor, and Pippa's pregnant.

"I don't know what to do about him and Victor, I mean it's one thing to call someone a tosspot to their face, but when you go to the lengths of having it iced on the front of a Thornton's Easter egg, well... I think it's got beyond a joke!"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

SERIES THREE

(1992)
6 episodes
Series Score: 51
Episode Average: 8.5
Perfect 10's: 2

S3E1

MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FINE

Originally broadcast: 2 February 1992
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

The Meldrews are burgled, and Victor decides not to replace the TV, but a case of mistaken identity on a night out leads to an unexpected turn of events.

"Very thirsty work? I should think it bloody was! There they were stripping my house to bits in broad daylight as merry as you please, and you invite them in for morning tea!
What is this, Buster Edwards' private catering company?"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 7

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S3E2

DREAMLAND

Originally broadcast: 9 February 1992
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Margaret has a nightmare where she kills a balding old man with white hair, and then she goes missing.

"Not Tony Curtis, Victor! As we were standing in the queue outside, you know those buskers with a monkey that holds out the cap for the money?
Well, it leapt on Victor like a thing possessed, it took three buckets of water before they could drag it off. Do you remember?"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S3E3

THE BROKEN REFLECTION

Originally broadcast: 16 February 1992
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor's taking the law into his own hands, Patrick and Pippa put their house in Victor's hands, and Victor's brother visits.

"I was driving along at a steady fifty when you suddenly shot up my backside in your company Sierra, flashed your lights and virtually ran my back bumper for three miles. When you did overtake, that's what you shouted through the passenger window. Noting your firms details on the car door, I took the liberty of inviting you around here today just so as I could deliberately waste your time for the best part of an entire morning."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S3E4

THE BEAST IN THE CAGE

Originally broadcast: 23 February 1992
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor, Margaret and Mrs. Warboys are stuck in Bank Holiday traffic.

"Didn't think I was all that fussy? I'll have a slice of dead rat in it as well if you've got one please, and a dog turd on a cocktail stick!"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

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S3E5

BEWARE THE TRICKSTER ON THE ROOF

Originally broadcast: 1 March 1992
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Mr. Swainey brings back an unlucky paperweight from his holiday in Africa, and Victor's putting off potential buyers of Patrick and Pippa's house.

"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, I wonder what china basin was a misprint for, Chinese Bison?"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S3E6

THE WORST HORROR OF ALL

Originally broadcast: 8 March 1992
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor and Margaret take the wrong person to a BBC live recording, and Victor tries a new job.

"I do not believe it! What the bloody hell do people think this is? A drive-in scrapyard? I paid for this skip, it's for my rubbish, and nobody else's! What am I supposed to do with this? Melt it down for Bacofoil?"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

SERIES FOUR

(1993)
6 episodes
Series Score: 54
Episode Average: 9.0
Perfect 10's: 3
*not including the Christmas special

S4E1

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

Originally broadcast: 31 January 1993
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Patrick has a new puppy, Victor has a new hole, and Margaret has bad news.

"What do you suggest we do? Spread some fertiliser around my neck and wait till I come up in the Spring"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 10

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S4E2

DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM

Originally broadcast: 7 February 1993
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Margaret collapses, Mr. Swainey spends the night on the Meldrew's kitchen floor, and a baby with a gnome fascination pays a visit.

"The doctor says it's nervous exhaustion mainly. Been building up over the last thirty-five years. I don't know what he meant by that."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S4E3

HEART OF DARKNESS

Originally broadcast: 14 February 1993
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

A trip to the countryside goes wrong, when amongst other things... Victor ends up concreted to Mrs. Warboys, and when he is able to go for help, he stumbles upon an old people's home with a nasty secret.

"If I had a bottle, yes, but failing that, I'll just have to use this tree. Sorry Mrs. Warboys, but you'll just have to look the other way and put your fingers in your ears"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 8

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S4E4

WARM CHAMPAGNE

Originally broadcast: 21 February 1993
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

A lamppost crashes through the window, Margaret almost has an affair, Victor sifts through a bag of dog plop, and finds himself in bed with an older woman.

"I don't believe it!"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S4E5

THE TRIAL

Originally broadcast: 28 February 1993
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor is home alone, as he waits on call for jury service, and the fact that it's pouring down means he's bored out of his mind

"Hello, yes, I'd like to speak to the manager please and be quick about it...Meldrew!...no he doesn't but he will shortly...Hello, is that Mr. P.T. Sturgeon?... Yes, well, it's about a large Yucca plant your garden centre delivered to my house this morning...yes, a young chap, didn't catch his name, it may have been Frank Spencer... well I'll tell you exactly what the problem is Mr. Sturgeon, I was out the back working in the garden when he arrived, so I asked if for the time being, he'd put it in the downstairs toilet for me, and do you know what he's done, he's only planted it in the toilet pan!...Yes, yes, actually in the lavatory pan, the compost and everything, I mean how anyone can be so utterly goofy just boggles the mind!... A mistake anyone could have made?...Are you stark... I mean, what am I supposed to do? Cock my leg against the trunk like a Yorkshire Terrier?"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

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S4E6

SECRET OF THE SEVEN SORCERERS

Originally broadcast: 7 March 1993
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Mrs. Warboys hires a private detective, Victor has a new job, the fire brigade keep dropping in, and a magician's club meeting doesn't quite go to plan.

"Ah here we are, what did I tell you, my horoscope for the day... 'do not under any circumstances go round for a meal tonight at Victor Meldrew's, unless accompanied by a trained exorcist'. I would ring up and cancel but I suppose it's a bit inconsiderate really, dragging him out of his coffin in broad daylight."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL

(1993)

SPECIAL

ONE FOOT IN THE ALGARVE

Originally broadcast: 26 December 1993
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

The Meldrews and Mrs. Warboys head to Portugal for a holiday from hell, pursued by a tabloid reporter trying to retrieve a film.

"Oi you! Superman's grandad!"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

SERIES FIVE

(1994 - 1995)
6 episodes
Series Score: 47*
Episode Average: 7.83
Perfect 10's: 0
*not including the Christmas special

S5E1

THE MAN WHO BLEW AWAY

Originally broadcast: 25 December 1994
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor is the victim of a series of pranks, and a victim of bad luck when his unreliable stolen car's found, and a man they met seventeen years ago in a guest house turns up out of the blue.

"Question... 'What's the difference between Victor Meldrew and a chef who keeps dropping his pancakes? Answer... 'they're both useless tossers!'"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S5E2

ONLY A STORY

Originally broadcast: 1 January 1995
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Mrs. Warboys is staying with the Meldrews after her flat is flooded, and Victor hopes that reflexology can help his stress.

"Still, these'll be a real godsend, won't they! A pair of gloves with six fingers in each hand. Trying to tell me I'd grow into them. What's she going to knit for me next time? A balaclava with two heads?"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S5E3

THE AFFAIR OF THE HOLLOW LADY

Originally broadcast: 8 January 1995
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

A twin of Mrs. Warboys is delivered to the Meldrews, and the local greengrocer takes a fancy to Victor.

"Ah no, it's called trust Millicent, you should try looking it up in the dictionary some time, it's next to trollop!"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S5E4

WARM CHAMPAGNE

Originally broadcast: 15 January 1995
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Margaret is not impressed with the things Victor does to amuse himself when they're in a a solicitor's waiting room, including the assault of a dog with a coconut meringue.

"And then just after midnight, do you remember, there was a power cut, we'd all had far too much to drink, and I just seized my chance, dashed across the room, grabbed your hand and dragged you out into the garden. I remember it took you a hell of a time to get going, you had your hand in my blouse for half an hour, twiddling a dead wasp."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 7

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S5E5

HOLE IN THE SKY

Originally broadcast: 22 January 1995
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Patrick and Victor are mistaken for a gay couple, a loft conversion brings pranks aplenty, and Margaret's rattled by Victor's handling of a marionette.

"That's what you said about the squid in Stilton sauce, and they had half the road up outside looking for a gas leak."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 7

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S5E6

THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL

Originally broadcast: 29 January 1995
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Mrs. Warboys hires a private detective, Victor has a new job, the fire brigade keep dropping in, and a magician's club meeting doesn't quite go to plan.

"I'll either have to get a bigger hat, or have my head taken in."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 9

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CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL

(1995)

SPECIAL

THE WISDOM OF THE WITCH

Originally broadcast: 25 December 1995
Directed by: Susan Belbin
Written by: David Renwick

Victor's death is predicted, 'Paprick' and 'Pitta' are ready to move, Margaret's cousin dies, and a jealous lover's on the prowl.

"Toffee-nosed farmer, I'll give him the afternoon off! I mean, you're employed as an odd-job man, and you expect the jobs to be a bit odd, but not that. Five days out there, traipsing up and down that field thinking I was looking for a wedding ring. You know what, he was only... he was only using me as a scarecrow!"

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

CHRISTMAS
SPECIALS

(1996 - 1997)

SPECIAL

STARBOUND

Originally broadcast: 26 December 1996
Directed by: Susan Belbin & Gareth Gwenlan
Written by: David Renwick

A man is living in the shed, Mr. Swainey's mother claims to have been abducted by aliens, and Victor gets a gardening job.

"These applications to apply for an American Express card that we get every couple of months, they've only sent us three this time, look...Victor Meldrew, Margaret Meldrew, and The Man in the Shed."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 9

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SPECIAL

ENDGAME

Originally broadcast: 25 December 1997
Directed by: Christine Gernon
Written by: David Renwick

Victor buys a clapped-out caravan, and a mix-up leads to the Meldrews going to a holiday cottage at the same time as their new neighbours.

"Four, two, nine, one... Jean!... How are you?... No, no, no, just outside...oh, you know, trying to bring a few wilting specimens back to life."

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

SERIES SIX

(2000)
6 episodes
Series Score: 48
Episode Average: 8.0
Perfect 10's: 1

S6E1

THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG

Originally broadcast: 16 October 2000
Directed by: Christine Gernon
Written by: David Renwick

Pippa starts an affair, Victor gets a gift for Patrick, and Denzil loses his voice..

"Oh and I do not believe it! Will you look at this! Bastards! Can you believe the nerve of this? Huh... I'll skin their ruddy hides for them!"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S6E2

TALES OF TERROR

Originally broadcast: 23 October 2000
Directed by: Christine Gernon
Written by: David Renwick

Victor has a health scare... possibly connected to his new role as a vampire, and Margaret works to have the number plates changed on their new car.

"Oh is that right, Mr Blizzard? Well funnily enough, the fact that you've got it 'firmly in hand' does not surprise me at all. It's exactly what I would expect from a complete and utter wan.."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S6E3

THE FUTILITY OF THE FLY

Originally broadcast: 30 October 2000
Directed by: Christine Gernon
Written by: David Renwick

A pretty new cleaner hired by Victor is trying to convince her boyfriend that her observations will make a great play, and she tells Victor of a service that might be able to help Mrs. Warboys.

"In the shop, behind the counter, with the lights out, putting on what he thought was a contraceptive... turned out to be a sachet of mustard! His wife heard the screams, ran downstairs, and tried to batter them both to death, of course the batter was cold, so she had to went doolally with a meat cleaver!"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S6E4

THREATENING WEATHER

Originally broadcast: 6 November 2000
Directed by: Christine Gernon
Written by: David Renwick

The new electric fans provide little comfort when the power goes off during a heatwave.

"Don't I know it! The way you were twitching about in your stomach last night, like a porpoise having a seizure, squirming about with your bottom all clenched up to kingdom come. God knows what you were dreaming about, I told you not to watch Deliverance before you went to bed! There'll be claw marks on that headboard now for ever more! Some people grind their teeth in their sleep, you grind your buttocks!"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S6E5

THE DAWN OF MAN

Originally broadcast: 13 November 2000
Directed by: Christine Gernon
Written by: David Renwick

Victor encounters a fly tipper while fishing, who then turns up at his house, and Patrick's gay brother visits.

"Well, I don't know, how do you normally get a cork out?"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S6E6

THING AREN'T SIMPLE ANY MORE

Originally broadcast: 20 November 2000
Directed by: Christine Gernon
Written by: David Renwick

Victor is killed by a hit-and-run driver after a reunion in London.

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

COMIC RELIEF
SPECIALS

COMIC RELIEF SPECIAL
Victor in the Bath
Originally broadcast: 12 March 1993

Victor ponders life while taking a bath.

COMIC RELIEF SPECIAL
Visiting Uncle Dick
Originally broadcast: 16 March 2001

Margaret and Victor are at hospital visiting a relative, Victor's moaning as usual, but Margaret appears to be ignoring him?

VICTOR MELDREW

Played by Richard Wilson
42 Episodes (1990 - 2000)
in... Dreamland (1992)

MARGARET MELDREW

Played by Annette Crosbie
41 Episodes (1990 - 2000)
in... The Valley of Fear (1990)

JEAN WARBOYS

Played by Doreen Mantle
18 Episodes (1990 - 2000)
in... One Foot in the Algarve (1993)

NICK SWAINEY

Played by Owen Brenman
15 Episodes (1990 - 2000)
in... The Man in the Long Black Coat (1991)

PATRICK TRENCH

Played by Angus Deayton
14 Episodes (1990 - 2000)
in... The Pit and the Pendulum (1993)

PIPPA TRENCH

Played by Janine Duvitski
14 Episodes (1990 - 2000)
in... The Pit and the Pendulum (1993)